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Social work theories in context : creating frameworks for practice / Karen Healy.

By: Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022Edition: Third editionDescription: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
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Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781350332751 (ePub ebook) :
  • 9781350332744 (PDF ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 361.301 23
Contents:
List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements Part 1 Introduction 1 Understanding our Context 2 A Dynamic Model of PracticePart 2 Discourses Shaping Practice Contexts3 Dominant Discourses in Health and Welfare: Biomedicine and neoliberalism. 4 Behavioural and Social Science Discourses: 'Psy' and Sociological Ideas in Social Work 5 Alternative Discourses: Citizen Rights, Religion and Spirituality, and Environmental Social WorkPart 3 Social Work Theories for Practice 6 Four Waves of Systems Theories: From General Systems Theory to Ecosocial Work. 7 Problem-solving Approaches: Focusing on Task-centred Practice 8 Relationship-based, Strengths and Solution-focused Practice 9 Modern Critical Social Work: Addressing Structural Contexts 10 'Post-Theories': Postmodern, Poststructural and Postcolonial Approaches. 11 Creating Frameworks for PracticeBibliography Index.
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Normal 21 days The Cube 361.3 HEA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available (In Transit to Openshaw) 00228651

Previous edition: Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgements Part 1 Introduction 1 Understanding our Context 2 A Dynamic Model of PracticePart 2 Discourses Shaping Practice Contexts3 Dominant Discourses in Health and Welfare: Biomedicine and neoliberalism. 4 Behavioural and Social Science Discourses: 'Psy' and Sociological Ideas in Social Work 5 Alternative Discourses: Citizen Rights, Religion and Spirituality, and Environmental Social WorkPart 3 Social Work Theories for Practice 6 Four Waves of Systems Theories: From General Systems Theory to Ecosocial Work. 7 Problem-solving Approaches: Focusing on Task-centred Practice 8 Relationship-based, Strengths and Solution-focused Practice 9 Modern Critical Social Work: Addressing Structural Contexts 10 'Post-Theories': Postmodern, Poststructural and Postcolonial Approaches. 11 Creating Frameworks for PracticeBibliography Index.

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